CITATION

Bronson, Richard and Costa, Gabriel B.. Schaum's Outline of Differential Equations, Fifth Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2021.

Schaum's Outline of Differential Equations, Fifth Edition

Published:  November 2021 Pages: 416

eISBN: 9781264258833 | ISBN: 9781264258826

Book description:

Study smarter and stay on top of your differential equations course with the bestselling Schaum’s Outline—now with the NEW Schaum’s app and website!

Schaum’s Outline of Differential Equations, Fifth Edition is the go-to study guide for all students of science who need to learn or refresh their knowledge of differential equations. With an outline format that facilitates quick and easy review and mirrors the course in scope and sequence, this book helps you understand basic concepts and get the extra practice you need to excel in the course. It supports the all major differential equations textbooks and is useful for study in Calculus (I, II, and III), Mathematical Modeling, Introductory Differential Equations and Differential Equations.

Chapters include an Introduction to Modeling and Qualitative Methods, Classifications of First-Order Differential Equations, Linear Differential Equations, Variation of Parameters, Initial-Value Problems for Linear Differential Equations, Graphical and Numerical Methods for Solving First-Order Differential Equations, Solutions of Linear Differential Equations with Constant Coefficients by Laplace Transforms, and more.

Features:

• NEW to this edition: the new Schaum’s app and website!

• NEW CHAPTERS include Autonomous Differential Equations and Qualitative Methods; Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors; three chapters dealing with Solutions of Systems of Autonomous Equations via Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors (real and distinct, real and equal, and complex conjugate Eigenvalues)

• 20 problem-solving videos online

• 563 solved problems

• Outline format provides a quick and easy review of differential equations

• Clear, concise explanations of differential equations concepts

• Hundreds of examples with explanations of key concepts

• Supports all major textbooks for differential equations courses

• Appropriate for the following courses: Calculus (I, II, and III), Mathematical Modeling, Introductory Differential Equations, and Differential Equations

Richard Bronson, Ph.D., is a professor of mathematics at Farleigh Dickenson University. Bronson has served as an associate editor of the journal Simulation, as a contributing editor to SIAM News, and as a consultant to Bell Laboratories. He has conducted joint research in mathematical modeling and computer simulation at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Bronson has published over 30 technical articles and books, including Schaum’s Outline of Matrix Operations and Shaum’s Outline of Operations Research.

Gabriel B. Costa, Ph.D., is an associate professor of mathematical sciences at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he also functions as an associate chaplain. In addition to differential equations, his academic interests include mathematics equation and sabermetrics, the search for objective knowledge about baseball.